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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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2021 Collective Bargaining Normalizes Increases Back to 2019 Levels
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed in 2021 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and fringe benefits of 3.0 percent or $1.74, according to the annual year-end Settlements Report recently released by the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½-supported Construction Labor Research… Read More
January 20, 2022
Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate on Hold
The federal contractor vaccination mandate remains on hold since the December 17, 2021, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to maintain a nationwide stay (or freeze) of the mandate until—potentially—as late as April 2022. During the week of January 10, 2022, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ engaged… Read More
January 20, 2022
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Opposes NLRB Expansion of Damages
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, in conjunction with the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and four fellow CDW-member trade associations, submitted an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board in a case that could result in broader remedies for unlawfully discharged employees.  The Board invited… Read More
January 19, 2022
Supreme Court Strikes Down OSHA's Vaccine ETS
Six-Step Priority List for Employers The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 blocked OSHA’s COVID vaccine-or-testing emergency temporary standard (ETS) from being enforced for the foreseeable future, meaning your compliance to-do list has gotten significantly shorter – but it has by no means disappeared… Read More
January 18, 2022
Construction Officials Say Biden Administration’s Plan to Double Tariffs on Canadian Lumber
  Prices of construction materials jumped nearly 20 percent in 2021 despite moderating in December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said contractors rate materials costs as a top concern for… Read More
January 14, 2022
Supreme Court Freezes OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination-or Testing ETS
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to Continue with Litigation on the Merits of the ETS On January 13, the Supreme Court reinstated the nationwide stay on implementation and enforcement of the OSHA COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing emergency temporary standard (ETS). As a result of this decision, OSHA will have to suspend its… Read More
January 13, 2022
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Provides Feedback as FHWA Outlines Implementation of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Encourages Prioritization of Review and Permitting Reform Regs, Discourages Limits on State Flexibility On January 6, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ provided feedback to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on its initial guidance on implementation of the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA… Read More
January 13, 2022
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Joins Coalition to Support Extension of Employee Retention Tax Credit
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ recently joined a group of business and non-profit stakeholders to support bipartisan legislation—introduced by Reps. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) to extend the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) through the fourth quarter of 2021. The ERTC fourth quarter credit was… Read More
January 13, 2022
Materials Prices Soar 20 Percent in 2021 Despite Moderating in December; Most Contractors in Association Survey List Costs as Top Concern in 2022
Prices of construction materials jumped nearly 20 percent in 2021 despite moderating in December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said contractors rate materials costs as a top concern for 2022,… Read More
January 13, 2022
Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Update
On Hold Until April, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Communicates with Agencies The federal contractor vaccine mandate remains on hold since the December 17, 2021, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to maintain a nationwide stay (or freeze) of the mandate until—potentially—as late as April 2022… Read More
January 13, 2022

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